“And what’s more,” I went on, “I got pregnant with your child, Alexander! Take one look at me and tell me that this—” I gestured to my swollen belly— “was just a ploy!”Alexander stared at me for several moments as if searching for a lie in my words. I held my ground, lifting my chin defiantly.No.
EllaThe look on Alexander’s face when he opened that envelope told me everything I needed to know.He didn’t deny it. He didn’t look confused or shocked or angry that someone was trying to frame him. He just stared at the papers with an expression that was nothing short of guilty.I felt like such
“What?” I blurted out, incredulous. Was this guy seriously saying that Ella intentionally showed up at the coronation looking the way she did?It was almost laughable.I’d seen the tears on her face earlier. The humiliation in her eyes when she had entered that event looking like that. Even if Ella
AlexanderAround ten o’clock, I turned back toward our table after finishing my conversation with one of the many Alphas in attendance about trade routes, expecting to find Ella sitting there picking at her dinner or chatting with someone. Instead, her chair was empty.I scanned the ballroom, lookin
“What the fuck…?” I whispered, flipping to the next page.The third page was worse. It was a report on my family, going back years. My father’s business dealings, my stepmother’s social connections, even details about pack members I’d grown up with.Someone had been digging into every aspect of my b
EllaAt 9:28, I quietly slipped away from the banquet to meet Lilith.I wasn’t sure why she had asked me to meet in the women’s bathroom, but if she had, then it had to be important.Of course, my mind immediately went to her condition after that security guard had shoved her—was she more hurt than